Scissors or shears.



NO. 792,226. 7 PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

P. H. MELANDER & P. JAOQUOT.

SGISSORS AND SHEARS.

APPLICATION FILED nov. a. 1904.

UNTTED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OE IcE.

SCISSORS OR SH EARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,226, dated June 13,1905. Application filed November 3, 1904. Serial No. 231,270.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER H. MELANDER and PETER JAC UOT, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and Stateof Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inScissors or Shears; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shears; and theobject of the invention is to produce a device of this charactor inwhich a draw-cut is afforded while the shears are in operation; and itcomprises a blade carrying a pin to which is swiveled a flangedguide-block having a play in a slot of the second blade of the shearsand in the provision of pivotal-link connections between the two blades,whereby as the two blades are opened and closed one edge is caused todraw against the edge of the other blade.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of our improved shears, showing the sameclosed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the shears open, and Fig. 3 isa cross-sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates one of the blades of the shears, having a pivot-pin A mountedon one side thereof, and B is a guideblock having a flange B at one endand swiveled upon said pivot-pin. C designates the second blade of theshears, having an elongated rectangular -outlined slot D therein,adapted to receive said swiveled block, the flange of said blockoverhanging the edges of said slot and adapted to hold the two bladestogether and allow the slotted blade to move longitudinally as it swingsclosed or opens.

E designates a link pivotally connected at E to the blade A, while itsother end is pivotally connected to a pivot-pin F, mounted upon thesecond blade 0.

By the construction shown it will be observed that as the blades arebrought together one of the same will be given a slight longitudinalmovement, causing a draw-cut of the cutting edges, while the reversemovement is caused as the jaws are opened.

While we have shown a particular detailed construction of apparatusillustrating our shears, it will be understood that we may vary theconstruction of the same, if desired, without in any way departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pair of shears comprising two blades, one of said blades beingprovided with an elongated slot, a screw carried by the other blade, anapertured block mounted upon the shank portion of said screw and havingflanges overhanging the opposite longitudinal edges of said slot, a linkpivotally connected at one end to the slotted blade and the other endpivoted to the screw-carrying blade adjacent to the cutting edge thereofand beyond the slot in the other blade, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflflx our signatures in presence oftwo witnesses.

PETER H. MELANDER. PETER J ACQUOT.

Witnesses:

S. B. GARRETsoN, H. F. GARRETsoN.

